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PORT-AU-PRINCE—Musician Wyclef Jean jetted into Haiti on a private plane Thursday and officially launched a bid for president, ending weeks of speculation about whether he would run.
A crowd of young supporters sporting red and white t-shirts gathered in the Demas neighborhood of the capital to escort Jean as he filed his documents at the electoral council office.
He was also joined by several advisors and his wife and daughter.
Jean's bid for the presidency of quake-hit Haiti has won support from some in the impoverished nation, where many hail him as a hero, but has also drawn sneers from politicians skeptical of a hip-hop star in the national palace.
The Haitian-born Grammy award winner was expected to announce his campaign on CNN's "Larry King Live" show later Thursday, after resigning as chairman of his NGO Yele Haiti.
-http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20100806-285240/Hip-hop-star-Wyclef-Jean-launches-bid-for-president-of-Haiti
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